The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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 | The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys |  |
“Let all creation fail,” the prophets sung,
While holy rapture trembled on their tongue;
“Let rocks dissolve, seas roar, and mountains nod,
And all things tremble to the throne of God—
Matter and motion cease from nature's course,
Her laws controul'd by some superior force—
To final ruin, stars and comets rush,
Suns suns consume and systems systems crush—
These heav'ns stretch'd visible, together roll
Inflam'd, and vanish like a burning scroll—
Though death, and night, and chaos rule the ball,
Though nature's self decay—the soul, o'er all,
Survives the wrecks of matter and of time,
Shrin'd in immortal youth and beauty's prime;
High o'er the bounds of this diurnal sphere,
To bloom and bask in heav'n's eternal year.”
While holy rapture trembled on their tongue;
“Let rocks dissolve, seas roar, and mountains nod,
And all things tremble to the throne of God—
Matter and motion cease from nature's course,
Her laws controul'd by some superior force—
To final ruin, stars and comets rush,
Suns suns consume and systems systems crush—
These heav'ns stretch'd visible, together roll
Inflam'd, and vanish like a burning scroll—
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Though nature's self decay—the soul, o'er all,
Survives the wrecks of matter and of time,
Shrin'd in immortal youth and beauty's prime;
High o'er the bounds of this diurnal sphere,
To bloom and bask in heav'n's eternal year.”
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |